Well i think what the previous poster said is correct, mataas nga ang bigay ng allied bank. You can go check Philippine Airlines website to know ang affliated banks.
I think most of the banks are tied up with some sort of airline miles promo pero sa credit cards points nila binabawas. Like for BDO, u earn 1 BDO credit card point for every 50 pesos charged and if u accumulate points mayroon silang item sa rewards book nila that says that u an exchange so and so points for Mabuhay Miles.
Most credit card companies have this pero compute mo din kung ano mas mura ha.
Kc like for me, I am planning on going to Hawaii next year and I was also looking into a milleagd card. Aftet computations later, na-realize ko na its better jusy to buy tickets from Hawaiian Air at about $800-$900 per ticket round trip than to earn miles and use the miles to buy a PAL ticket which costs $1200, i believe.
It really depends kung saang lugar ka rin pupunta. I think in theory, ok din ang Cebu Pac Citibank card. Havent availed of it yet pero i like the idea of never expiring points plus you can use it on CEB's numerous promos!! I think thats really cool. ^_^

I think magiging mahaba uli ang post ko. Sorry in advance... and sorry if off topic.

Tha Cashback card gives you 2% back for purchases for grocery, dining out and department store purchases and meralco bills... However if you spend 10k on non-grocery items then they give you 5% on grocery. How does this all come together?

Here's scenario,
1. spend 10k on meralco bills, dining and department stores for a total rebate of 200 pesos. (these are the only ones they will give rebates on, Mercury and Watsons are not included)

2. then spend 16k on groceries and get a rebate of 800 pesos.

They have a monthly cap of 1000 pesos for the rebates so even if you charge more than that a month you wont get rebates anymore.

After that, you can charge it on one of your other cards.

I have the Cashback and the Rewards card. I like the Rewards card because they give you 100 pesos off movie tickets for every 2500 pesos spent anywhere and that's 4%, but if you're not a movie junkie then the next best card is the CebuPac card at 1%.

I think magiging mahaba uli ang post ko. Sorry in advance... and sorry if off topic.

Tha Cashback card gives you 2% back for purchases for grocery, dining out and department store purchases and meralco bills... However if you spend 10k on non-grocery items then they give you 5% on grocery. How does this all come together?

Here's scenario,
1. spend 10k on meralco bills, dining and department stores for a total rebate of 200 pesos. (these are the only ones they will give rebates on, Mercury and Watsons are not included)

2. then spend 16k on groceries and get a rebate of 800 pesos.

They have a monthly cap of 1000 pesos for the rebates so even if you charge more than that a month you wont get rebates anymore.

After that, you can charge it on one of your other cards.

I have the Cashback and the Rewards card. I like the Rewards card because they give you 100 pesos off movie tickets for every 2500 pesos spent anywhere and that's 4%, but if you're not a movie junkie then the next best card is the CebuPac card at 1%.

Earn 3X the Bonus Points*when you use your card in the following merchant categories:DiningDefined as all Philippine-based restaurants, bistros, bars and similar establishments that are tagged by the merchant's credit card acquirer as having*Merchant Category*1*Codes 5921, 5814, 5813, 5462 and 5499.*Excluded from this benefit are transactions made at fast food restaurants that accept credit card payments.ShoppingDefined as all Philippine-based department stores, clothing / apparel / accessories stores and similar establishments that are tagged by the merchant's credit card acquirer as having*Merchant Category*1*Codes 5311, 5948, 5699, 5691, 5611, 5621, 5631, 5641, 5651, 5661, 5655, 5137 and 5139. Excluded from this benefit are transactions made at service merchants such as drug stores, gas stations, groceries/supermarkets and convenience stores.*

A minimum accumulated spend of PHP2,500 per month is required on the card to earn accelerated points.A maximum, accumulated monthly spend of PHP40,000, across the pre-defined merchant categories, shall earn accelerated points. Amounts in excess of PHP40,000 shall earn the regular Bonus Points following the standard Bonus Points Earn Rate of 1 Bonus Point for every PHP20 spend

Buhayin ko lang. I'm planning to travel/backpack these coming years. Since racking up miles through credit card spending would help lessen the expenses of travelling, plus the benefit of accessing our airport lounges for free or with a minimal fee/points, I tried to applying with different Philippine credit card issuers.

Here's some of my review. I have MCC Platinum MC and I recently got their new Travel Platinum Visa card. They also had a promo for newly approved Travel Platinum card. With every accumulated P10,000 spent, you get 1000 miles, maximum of 10,000 miles.

I tried redeeming Mabuhay Miles for my Platinum MC and was surprised to find out that I can only redeem up to a MAXIMUM of 10,000 miles PER YEAR. So that was a big bummer since i was planning to at least get a free round trip flight from PAL, MANILA-JAPAN-MANILA, which I was told by PAL that it would cost around 28000 Mabuhay Miles. So bitin Mabuhay Miles ko even though I have enough credit card points to cover miles needed.

I dont know if Travel Platinum would have the same limit on redeemable Mabuhay Miles, pero wouldn't that be idiotic and ironic if nabansagan ka pang "TRAVEL" card, tapos may mga limitations naman pala yung redemption mo ng miles? I'm still waiting for a reply from MCC for their clarification.

With my BDO Gold naman, another disappointment... I called to redeem my points for Mabuhay Miles. I was told that my 20,000 points would get me 4000 Mabuhay Miles. So I told them to process it. After a few days of contemplating, parang napag isip isip ko na medyo lugi ata. 1 credit card point = P50 spent on my card...so P50 x 20000 points is equal to P1,000,000 spent on my Gold card. If I used my MCC Platinum to spend that amount, I would have gotten 20,000 Mabuhay Miles instead. Pero again, problem with Metrobank is the limit. The only good thing for BDO I think is, there's no limit on redeeming for miles per year. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Security Bank, I was enticed to apply for this card since I read there is no transaction fees for international purchases + free access to NAIA 1 & 3 airport lounge access. Although other cards have fees for transaction, sa mahal ng miles conversion ng Security Bank, I think I would just keep this as back up and for free lounge access. If ever they wouldnt waive my annual fee next year. I wouldn't have any problem getting this cut.

Premiermiles. like what the other members said, eto na ata most promising. points can be used on a wide choice of flights and hotels, unlike PNB Mabuhay Miles na pang PAL lang or Unionbank Getgo na pang Cebu-Pac lang. Maganda din Citi Thank You Reward website nila. You can directly book your flights and hotel and convert your points as discount or full payment if you have enough points. You can also convert it to your suking frequent flyer program, all known airliens are available. Halos sabay sabay ako nag apply nitong mga card, card was dispatched feb 1 until now wala pa din yung card. After i claim the 10k miles of MCC Travel Platinum promo, I would transfer all my utility bills to this card. and make this my main card.

PNB Mabuhay Miles. still no response after sent my application online. Pero since it's the same as Unionbank Getgo that is restricted to one airline, I would just probably keep this as back up. The only card with access to PAL Mabuhay lounge at NAIA T2, but if ayaw din mag waive ng annual fee, then i would also have this cut.

Mga masters pa advise naman. I only have 1 EastWest Credit card and I dont use it that much before, pang back up lang and online transaction. Pero ngayon I am planning to get a new CC that will serve as my primary as I am aiming for miles rewards. After careful thought and self analysis I came down to 2 choices. Union Bank Miles+ Platinum or RCBC Visa Infinite. Ano ba maganda kunin between the two? Thank you in advance for any inputs

Mga masters pa advise naman. I only have 1 EastWest Credit card and I dont use it that much before, pang back up lang and online transaction. Pero ngayon I am planning to get a new CC that will serve as my primary as I am aiming for miles rewards. After careful thought and self analysis I came down to 2 choices. Union Bank Miles+ Platinum or RCBC Visa Infinite. Ano ba maganda kunin between the two? Thank you in advance for any inputs

Strong7Power, thanks for the detailed comparison. Apparently the two best option to get the most of miles reward is Citi Premiere Miles and Metrobank Travel Platinum. Do you think sobrang taas ba ng annual fee? both has 5k.